Chronicles

[Snoopy]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Downshifting-Bestselling-Happier-Simpler-Living/dp/0340834021/ref=sr_1_2/026-0731001-1858024?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182932678&sr=8-2

Revised edition?

That'll be the one ..... Different cover but same authors and "The Downshifters Guide to Happier, Simpler Living" is the sub title of my copy. They have probably up-dated some of the info and taken out refs to 1990s items which mine has. Good way to make a living, when you think about it, recycle the same book over and over ..... But then a certain J Archer cottoned onto that idea years ago.

[Bar Wench]

Will stick it on my list for the next mass purchasing then. Thanks for the recomendation. 

[tel]

Wicked by Gregory Maguire and The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright here.

Spooky. before reading this I had looked at my boss's desk and saw a copy of The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright - had never heard of the author before.

[Bar Wench]

It was on lists everywhere last Summer. I wasn't too sure and then found it on amazon for a couple of quid.

[tel]

Fraid I don't do lists

[Darwins Selection]

Fraid I don't do lists

You would if holed in your port beam.

[Barman]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Downshifting-Bestselling-Happier-Simpler-Living/dp/0340834021/ref=sr_1_2/026-0731001-1858024?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182932678&sr=8-2

Revised edition?

Added charts and diagrams no doubt! 

[Grumpmeister]

Chickenhawk - back in the world.

Awesome.

Chickenhawk? Has Robert Mason written a follow up?

[Barman]

Chickenhawk - back in the world.

Awesome.

Chickenhawk? Has Robert Mason written a follow up?

Yes, it?s awesome!

It is about his life after Vietnam ? coming to terms with not being in combat and trying to make a living in various business ventures.

http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?qwork=1047735&wauth=robert%20mason&matches=8&qsort=r&cm_re=works*listing*title

I have to say it is one of the most amazing books I?ve ever read ? it also documents his attempts to become a ?real? author (Chickenhawk was an unexpected success) and the writing of his two books about robots which I?ve also ordered from Alibris.

Recommended.

[Sour Puss]

Hmmm interesting. Off to see if I can track it down. Although a small holding in Wales sounds quite tempting actually!

 noooo:Be careful what you wish for, someone sugested that to me once, "Lets get away from the rat race", I believe was the phrase use. Next day looked up smallholdings in Wales and somehow ended up in Rural France for 10 years.  It is a long and very involved story, of Nick like proportions. 

[Bar Wench]

Hmmm interesting. Off to see if I can track it down. Although a small holding in Wales sounds quite tempting actually!

 noooo:Be careful what you wish for, someone sugested that to me once, "Lets get away from the rat race", I believe was the phrase use. Next day looked up smallholdings in Wales and somehow ended up in Rural France for 10 years.  It is a long and very involved story, of Nick like proportions. 

France!  Ummm no thank-you! That would never happen, far too far from Mr Wench's beloved football team!

[Sour Puss]

Hmmm interesting. Off to see if I can track it down. Although a small holding in Wales sounds quite tempting actually!

 noooo:Be careful what you wish for, someone sugested that to me once, "Lets get away from the rat race", I believe was the phrase use. Next day looked up smallholdings in Wales and somehow ended up in Rural France for 10 years.  It is a long and very involved story, of Nick like proportions. 

France!  Ummm no thank-you! That would never happen, far too far from Mr Wench's beloved football team!

That would be the one on my doorstep, I believe,  aka blue feathery things.  I used to have to go there every other Saturday, but keep my back to the field for the whole match, this was before opting out of the rat race, many years ago, in my salad days.

[Bar Wench]

Indeed, god forbid we move too far away from them. 

[Grumpmeister]

Chickenhawk - back in the world.

Awesome.

Chickenhawk? Has Robert Mason written a follow up?

Yes, it?s awesome!

It is about his life after Vietnam ? coming to terms with not being in combat and trying to make a living in various business ventures.

http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?qwork=1047735&wauth=robert%20mason&matches=8&qsort=r&cm_re=works*listing*title

I have to say it is one of the most amazing books I?ve ever read ? it also documents his attempts to become a ?real? author (Chickenhawk was an unexpected success) and the writing of his two books about robots which I?ve also ordered from Alibris.

Recommended.

Another good one I read about Vietnam was The Dying Place. Its the experiences of a special forces officer who by the end of the book I am convincd would have lost it completely when he is sent home.